Estimating the Cost of Administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

Currently, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds cannot be used to administer the SBIR program; SBIR administration must be funded from other sources. As Congress reauthorizes the program, it is considering whether to allow partial use of SBIR set-asides for SBIR program administration cos...

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Hauptverfasser: Seong, Somi, Horn, Kenneth, Held, Bruce J.
Format: Online
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: RAND Corporation 2023
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Zusammenfassung:Currently, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds cannot be used to administer the SBIR program; SBIR administration must be funded from other sources. As Congress reauthorizes the program, it is considering whether to allow partial use of SBIR set-asides for SBIR program administration costs and, if so, at what levels. In this report, the authors estimate how much it currently costs to administer the DoD SBIR program.